AI Video Generator

Runway Gen-4 Turbo

Generate AI video with Runway Gen-4 Turbo — text to video and image to video, all from one Vidney workspace.

Text to VideoImage to Video21 credits per generation

Output

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Sample

Runway Gen-4 Turbo specifications

Output: Video
Task modes: Text to Video · Image to Video
Duration: 5, 10 seconds
Resolution: 720p
Aspect ratios: 21:9 · 1:1 · 4:3 · 3:4 · 16:9 · 9:16
Audio: No audio track
Cost: 21 credits per generation
Family: runway
Setup: No API key or provider account required

What it does

What Runway Gen-4 Turbo does well

Ten seconds in about thirty

Turbo is Runway's fast tier, built so the gap between idea and result almost disappears. A ten-second clip renders in roughly thirty seconds, which changes how you work: instead of committing to one prompt and waiting, you fire off a batch, compare, adjust a word or a camera angle, and fire again. That loop is the point. It suits storyboard passes, mood exploration, and any job where you need to see ten near-misses to find the one that lands. The tradeoff is deliberate. Turbo spends its budget on turnaround rather than the slow, maximal realism of a heavier tier, so you iterate cheaply and reserve polish for the shot you actually keep.

Motion Brush region control

Motion Brush is the feature that separates Runway from most rivals. You paint over a specific region of your frame and assign motion only there: make the smoke rise while the figure stays still, push the water without moving the rocks, animate one character's hair while the background holds. You are directing movement at the pixel level instead of describing it in a prompt and hoping the model agrees. For product shots, controlled VFX, and any composition where one element should move and everything else should not, this is far more reliable than text alone. Combined with the fast render loop, you can brush, preview, and refine the motion mask in minutes.

Camera moves you choose

Runway Gen-4 Turbo exposes camera-move controls as explicit direction rather than something you beg for in a prompt. You set the push-in, pull-out, pan, tilt, or orbit, and the model executes that move on your scene. This matters for previz and edit-ready coverage, where a shot has to behave like it came off a real dolly or crane. You can take one still and generate a slow push for the establishing beat, then a faster pan for the cut that follows, keeping a consistent grammar across a sequence. Because each render is fast, dialing in the exact speed and arc of a move is a matter of a few quick passes, not a long wait.

Reference-to-video consistency

Gen-4's reference system lets you lock a character, object, or world and carry it across multiple generations. Supply reference images and the model holds that identity from shot to shot, so the same person, the same product, the same set reads consistently through a sequence instead of drifting into a new face every clip. Paired with strong image-to-video, this is what makes Turbo usable for actual narrative blocking and branded work rather than one-off clips. You start from stills you have already approved, then animate them while keeping the look intact. For agency decks and short sequences that need visual continuity, this consistency is the difference between a usable cut and a pile of mismatched shots.

How Runway Gen-4 Turbo compares

Specs side by side with similar models — all runnable on Vidney.

	Runway Gen-4 Turbo	Veo 3.1 Quality	Seedance 1.5 Pro	Pixverse V6
Task modes	Text to Video · Image to Video	Text to Video · Image to Video	Text to Video · Image to Video	Text to Video · Image to Video
Duration	5, 10 seconds	4, 6, 8 seconds	4–12 seconds	1–15 seconds
Resolution	720p	720p · 1080p	480p · 720p · 1080p	360p · 540p · 720p · 1080p
Audio	No audio track	Supported	Supported	Supported
Cost	21 credits per generation	24–192 credits per generation	15 credits per generation	15 credits per generation

Real samples

Sample gallery

Real Runway Gen-4 Turbo output, generated on Vidney — these are actual results, not stock or fabricated examples.

Cinematic shortRunway Gen-4 Turbo

UGC product adRunway Gen-4 Turbo

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Bring old photos to lifeRunway Gen-4 Turbo

No setup, no API keys

Run Runway Gen-4 Turbo straight from your browser. Vidney handles provider access, billing, and storage — you just write a prompt.

Multiple task modes

Runway Gen-4 Turbo supports text to video and image to video in the same workspace, so you can switch task types without leaving the page.

Transparent credit pricing

Every video run costs 21 credits per generation. The cost is shown on the button before you spend a credit — no surprise metering.

Who reaches for Runway Gen-4 Turbo

Runway Gen-4 Turbo is the model people pick when iteration speed is the whole point. A ten-second clip comes back in roughly thirty seconds, so motion designers, ad creatives, and agency teams can run twenty variations of a shot in an afternoon instead of waiting between each one. Previz artists use it to block out sequences before a real shoot. Concept and pitch teams lean on its reference-to-video to keep a character or a product looking the same across every shot in a deck. It is strongest as an image-to-video engine: feed it a still you already trust, then direct the motion. The director tooling is the real draw. Motion Brush lets you paint movement onto one region while the rest holds still, and camera-move controls give you push-ins and pans on demand. Pick Runway Gen-4 Turbo over Sora when you want fine motion control and fast turnaround rather than native audio and heavy photoreal density. Do not pick it when the deliverable needs synced dialogue and a finished soundtrack baked in, or when you need one long unbroken cinematic take. On Vidney it runs from the same balance as your other models.

Put it to work

What you can make with it

Rapid ad concept variations

Run a product or campaign idea through dozens of motion treatments in a single session. Start from an approved key visual, then use the fast render loop to test a slow push-in, a whip pan, a subtle parallax drift, and a static-but-alive version, all in minutes. Creative directors use this to walk into a review with options rather than one bet, and to kill weak directions before anyone spends real production money. Because Turbo turns a ten-second clip around in about thirty seconds, exploring the space of a concept stops being a scheduling problem and becomes something you finish in an afternoon, then hand the winner downstream for finishing.

Previz and shot blocking

Block out a sequence before the shoot. Take concept frames, animate them with explicit camera moves, and assemble a rough cut that shows how the coverage will actually flow: the establishing push, the reverse, the insert. Directors and previz artists use Runway Gen-4 Turbo to pressure-test pacing and camera grammar while changes still cost nothing. The combination of chosen camera moves and fast turnaround means you can rebuild a beat that is not working without losing a day. It is not the final pixel; it is the plan, rendered well enough that a crew and a client can read the intent and sign off before cameras roll.

Consistent character shorts

Build a short piece where the same character appears across several shots and still looks like the same character. Lock identity with Runway's reference-to-video, generate each shot from approved stills, and direct the motion per scene with Motion Brush and camera controls. This holds continuity that text-only models tend to break, which is what makes a two-or-three-shot narrative actually cut together. Animators and indie creators use it for proof-of-concept scenes, social spots, and pitch trailers where a recognizable figure has to carry through. You supply the look once; Turbo keeps it stable while you focus on staging the action.

Controlled motion graphics

Animate a single element inside an otherwise still composition. Paint motion onto a logo's ribbon, a liquid pour, drifting particles, or a flag while the rest of the frame stays locked, using Motion Brush to confine movement to exactly the region you want. This gives motion designers a level of precision that prompt-only video models cannot match, and the fast renders let you refine the mask and timing without a long wait between tries. The output suits title cards, looping social assets, and product hero moments where a touch of life sells the shot but everything else must stay clean and deliberately composed.

How to generate video with Runway Gen-4 Turbo

01
Open Runway Gen-4 Turbo
Open the Runway Gen-4 Turbo workspace on Vidney and pick your task type (text to video and image to video).
02
Describe your output
Write a prompt describing the video you want, and upload a reference image for image-driven modes. Set aspect ratio and duration as needed.
03
Generate and download
Spend 21 credits to run Runway Gen-4 Turbo. When the generation completes, download the result from your account.

Tutorials & community

Real tutorials and discussions about Runway Gen-4 Turbo from across the web.

Runway Gen 4 Turbo Tutorial Image To Ultra HD Video Generate Free

Picture Fun · YouTube

Create Cinematic Ai Videos with Runway Gen-4 (FULL COURSE)

Tao Prompts · YouTube

Gen-4 Turbo 发布公告:最强视频模型最快的生成方式,生成 10 秒视频仅需约 30 秒,适合快速迭代与创意探索,已在全部套餐铺开。@runwayml (Runway 官方) · X